JEFFERSON CITY – As part of the ongoing renovations project at the Missouri State Capitol, the south side entrances will be closed beginning Friday, September 4. This includes the carriage drive doors, the doors on both sides of the carriage drive and the bronze doors at the top of the south stairs.
Capitol employees and individuals doing business with the state can still access the building during business hours from all other assigned employee entrances. Capitol visitors can access the building from the east and west entrances during standard hours of tour operations: Monday-Sunday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ADA access will be available through the Capitol garage, at the lower level of the east side of the building.
The south entrance will remain closed until further notice while the state continues the Capitol renovations project.
During the 2015 Legislative Session, $40 million for Capitol repairs was appropriated after garnering bi-partisan support from Governor Nixon and the General Assembly. The funding will bring the building’s sub-structure back to serviceable condition after years of water infiltration and address the deteriorating stonework on the exterior of the Capitol, which was completed in 1917.